The MTA is running a huge deficit and is planning on making the following cutbacks which would affect our area.The M train would be eliminated, and The V train would replace the M line between Metropolitan Avenue and Essex Street. The V would then continue its current route thru midtown Manhattan and then back to Queens ending at 71st—Continental Avenue. If you need to go to the Bowery, Canal Street , Chambers Street, Fulton Street, or Broad Street stops you will now have to transfer at Myrtle and Broadway, Marcy Ave., or Essex Street for the J or Z line. If you work in downtown Brooklyn you will need to transfer to the 4 ,5 or F train. The plan is for seven trains per hour during rush hour on the new V line which is comparable to the current service.

In addition to the M change, the G line will no longer run between Forest Hills and LIC.

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